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title: Combined Next Experience Developer \(NED\) Tools release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia
description: Consolidated page of all release notes for Next Experience Developer \(NED\) Tools from Xanadu to Australia.
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# Combined Next Experience Developer \(NED\) Tools release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia

Consolidated page of all release notes for Next Experience Developer \(NED\) Tools from Xanadu to Australia.

## How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Next Experience Developer \(NED\) Tools release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Xanadu to Australia.

**Tip:** If there were no updates for a release notes section in a certain family release, we included a short note for your reference. For example, if a product did not have any updates in Tokyo, the row says "No updates for this release."

## Important information for upgrading Next Experience Developer \(NED\) Tools to Australia

Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Xanadu

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## New features

Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for Next Experience Developer \(NED\) Tools.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Xanadu

</td><td>

-   **[Health indicators in the Next Experience Inspector](https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/next-experience/washingtondc/developer-tools/inspector-tab/home)**

The Home view provides information and communicates potential issues on the page through a dashboard of health indicators for components and actions.

-   **[View traces in the Next Experience Inspector](https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/next-experience/washingtondc/developer-tools/inspector-tab/trace)**

The Trace view provides a waterfall of calls made to the page with information on how the duration for each call.

-   **[Server-side logs in the Logs tab for Next Experience Inspector](https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/next-experience/washingtondc/developer-tools/inspector-tab/logs)**

Record and view backend data by changing your preference from client logs to server logs when you're logged in as an admin.

-   **[Manage events in the Next Experience Inspector](https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/next-experience/washingtondc/developer-tools/inspector-tab/events)**

The Events view provides contextual information and actions for managing events.

-   **[Service workers tab in the Next Experience Inspector](https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/next-experience/washingtondc/developer-tools/inspector-tab/service-workers)**

The Service workers tab provides visibility into service worker behavior.


</td></tr><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Changes

Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Next Experience Developer \(NED\) Tools features.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Xanadu

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

-   **Component visualization**

Highlighted components feature a tooltip that displays the element tag name and element ID.


 -   **Time filters for events**

Icons were added to each event to enable you to select a timeframe when filtering events.

-   **Subtree filters for events**

Scroll and search through a selected portion of the component tree.


 -   **Filters for traces**

Filter traces with front-end filters to streamline span visualizations, specialty filters to view targeted waterfall analysis without losing overall context, and level filters to adjust the detail display in span visualizations.


</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

-   **Traces tab in the Next Experience Inspector**

The following UI changes have been made to the Traces tab:

    -   The Traces tab displays a full-screen waterfall view for trace inspection and an enriched root span list with more actionable metadata.
    -   Locate traces by the name, IDs, or any other metadata directly from the root span list.
    -   Filter traces by the minimum durations, span count, or source to view relevant traces only.
    -   Sort traces by the duration, span count, or start time.
    -   View high priority traces first by toggling between ascending or descending order.

 -   **Service Workers tab in the Next Experience Inspector**

The **Service Workers** tab displays cache buster details for viewing how service workers impact page performance.


</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

-   **Service Workers tab in the Next Experience Inspector**

The Service Workers tab displays an updated homepage.


 -   **Events tab in the Next Experience Inspector**

Exclude filters in the Events tab to filter out specific events.

-   **Components tab in the Next Experience Inspector**

Use the journal section in the Components tab to get a log of state updates, property updates, actions dispatched, and actions handled.


</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Removed

Between your current release family and Australia, some Next Experience Developer \(NED\) Tools features or functionality were removed.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Xanadu

</td><td>

-   The Actions tab has been removed from the Next Experience Inspector.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Deprecations

Between your current release family and Australia, some Next Experience Developer \(NED\) Tools features or functionality were deprecated.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Xanadu

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Activation information

Review information on how to activate Next Experience Developer \(NED\) Tools.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Xanadu

</td><td>

Download Next Experience Developer Tools from the Google Chrome Web Store.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

-   **Activation information**

Download Next Experience Developer Tools from the Google Chrome Web Store.


</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

-   **Activation information**

Install Next Experience Developer Tools from the Google Chrome Web Store.


</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

-   **Activation information**

Install Next Experience Developer Tools from the Google Chrome Web Store.


</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Next Experience Developer \(NED\) Tools we have noted them here.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Xanadu

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Browser requirements

If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Next Experience Developer \(NED\) Tools we have noted them here.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Xanadu

</td><td>

Download Next Experience Developer Tools from the Google Chrome Web Store.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

-   **Browser requirements**

Next Experience Developer Tools requires Google Chrome.


</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

-   **Browser requirements**

Next Experience Developer Tools requires Google Chrome.


</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

-   **Browser requirements**

Next Experience Developer Tools requires Google Chrome.


</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Next Experience Developer \(NED\) Tools, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Xanadu

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Next Experience Developer \(NED\) Tools we have noted them here.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Xanadu

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Next Experience Developer \(NED\) Tools we have noted them here.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Xanadu

</td><td>

-   Record backend data for page with server logs.
-   Get an overview of potential issue for components and actions with a dashboard of health indicators.
-   View a waterfall of calls made to the page with information on how long each call took.
-   Get information on network calls made to your pages including the type of calls, timing, frequency, and network URLs.

 See [Next Experience Developer Tools](https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/next-experience/xanadu/developer-tools/using-next-experience-developer-tools) for more information.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

Reduce troubleshooting time with enhanced component visualization, filters for traces, and new event filters.

 See [Next Experience Developer Tools](https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/next-experience/yokohama/developer-tools/using-next-experience-developer-tools) for more information.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

-   View traces as a full-screen waterfall with an enriched root span list that has more actionable metadata.
-   Access cache buster details to view how service workers impact page performance.

 See [Next Experience Developer Tools](https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/next-experience/zurich/developer-tools/using-next-experience-developer-tools) for more information.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

-   View an updated homepage in the Service Workers tab.
-   Exclude filters in the Events tab to filter out specific events.
-   Get a log of updates from the journal section in the Components tab.

 See [Next Experience Developer Tools](https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/next-experience/australia/developer-tools/using-next-experience-developer-tools) for more information.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>**Parent Topic:**[Products combined by family](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/delta-xanadu-australia/rn-combined-intro.md)